| Washington, D.C.—Congressman Steve King voted yesterday to stop a Democrat budget that would cost every taxpayer in western Iowa $3,007. Under this Pelosi-led budget, middle-class Americans will be most burdened by the Democrat’s $400 billion tax increase.
“I believe in an ever-broadening American middle-class. If we want to continue the success of the great American experiment, we must reject big budgets. I wish Democrats would be honest enough to recognize that their budget is like a McDonald’s meal, and they are saying – Super size me!” said King.
The Democrat budget resolution allows automatic tax increases when Republican tax cuts expire in coming years. These Democrat tax increases include the death tax, the marriage penalty, slashed child tax credits and income taxes. By ignoring automatic tax increases, Pelosi-led Democrats claim to balance the budget by 2012 without actually voting to raise taxes. The Pelosi Budget also significantly raises both discretionary and mandatory spending at a much higher rate than inflation.
The Democrat federal budget passed the House of Representatives yesterday by a vote of 212-207.
““Tax and Spend Democrats” are back. Super-sizing taxes and punishing hard-working taxpayers will not build a strong America,” stated King.
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